Fourth of July, 1941

Vale, Oregon. Five months and three days before the attack on Pearl Harbor:

Citizens take off their hats during the Pledge of Allegiance radio program.

This picture, made by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration and preserved in the Library of Congress archives, is brought to us by Shorpy. Here's some more, same location, same date, same photographer:

Girls at the Fourth of July carnival

Farmer with his granddaughter at the Fourth of July picnic

At the picnic grounds

TWIMC: Happy Independence Day!